WOIO Channel 19 had reported that a woman claiming to be Berry called police Monday afternoon and told a dispatcher that she was in a house on Seymour Avenue on the city's West Side. The woman said DeJesus was with her.

Berry, now 27, and DeJesus, 23, were taken to MetroHealth Medical Center. The FBI and police will interview the women when they are discharged, the detective said.

Police arrested the owner of the house, Ariel Castro, 52, who had lived in the house since 1992. Records show he was arrested for domestic violence in 1993, but a grand jury declined to indict him.

Neighbors on Seymour said a man was arrested and three women came out of the home.

Berry disappeared at about 7:40 p.m. April 21, 2003, a day before her 17th birthday. She was last seen leaving her job at a Burger King at West 110th Street and Lorain Avenue.

DeJesus, then 14, vanished April 2, 2004, while walking home from school in the same area. Since then, the two have been the subject of numerous vigils.

Outside of MetroHealth tonight, a growing crowd awaits word on the women's condition.

Berrys cousin, Tasheena Mitchell, 26, who was 16 years old when Berry disappeared, said her brother had called to tell her the news that Berry is alive. But she said she received it skeptically, having had her hopes dashed by false reports in the past.

She was my best friend, Mitchell said.

A friend interrupted her, Shes alive. She is your best friend.

Youre right, Mitchell continued. She is my best friend. Im so nervous. Im so excited. They wont let me inside. But I will stay here all night if I have to.

I disagree with you on his being a hero. He isn’t a hero of the sort of our soldiers serving in harms way, but he did put himself at risk by breaking down the door to get her out. If the guy would have returned, if the door had been booby trapped... he went well above and beyond. He could have simply called police and let it go from there, but he went to her and helped her get out.

Why didn't that happen years ago? I'm sure we'll find out sooner or later

Apparently chained up daily in the locked basement... but for the past 6 years, I'm sure that keeping Amanda's baby was another good avenue of control over her. And, after 13 years, basically half of her life, she was probably "accustomed" to the routine. She may have let other opportunities slip by without knowing it.

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posted on 05/07/2013 6:34:52 AM PDT
by Teacher317
(Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast)

OH it seems is becoming the CA of the Midwest and as I;m down south I’d like to know just how many people still live in that state because it seems from all the plates here in the south that many in OH are moving out.

OH state where the sheep clapped and cheered the bozo this weekend.

Still at least the white house is happy as Benghazi is off the news again and how nice of the media to opine

I understand, our media manipulates us, no doubt. But, given the community, I still will give him credit for going over.

I am fascinated by how quickly the media was able to identify him, get his neighbors, his relatives, their relatives on interviews. But, when the Boston bombing suspects were shaping up to be Muslim motivated terrorists, how quickly those outreaches shriveled up.

And, yes, we do face more important issues. No doubt. We can’t drop our focus.

But, please, don’t discount what it was for this guy to go over and help in that community. It isn’t my community where I know my neighbors would help take care of me. These are rough places.

A former coworker of mine had to move because hispanic men congregated in front of the Home Depot across the street made sexual advances on her 12-y.o. daughter every day while she waited for the bus. They would even do it while her mom was present.

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posted on 05/07/2013 7:01:03 AM PDT
by jboot
(It can happen here because it IS happening here.)

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